SEC-507 -- PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING SUBSIDIES.


 (a) Authorization of Appropriations.-Section 9(c) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(c)) is amended to read as follows:

 "(c) There are authorized to be appropriated for purposes of providing
annual contributions under this section $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year
1991 and $2,086,000,000 in fiscal year 1992.".

 (b) Services and Coordinators as Eligible Cost.-Section 9(a) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(a)) is amended-

 (1) in paragraph (1)-

 (A) by inserting "(A)" after the paragraph designation;

 (B) in the second sentence, by redesignating clauses (A), (B), and (C)
as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively; and

 (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

 "(B) Annual contributions under this section to any public housing
agency for any project with a sufficient number residents who are frail
elderly or persons with disabilities may be used, with respect to such
project, for (i) the cost of a management staff member to coordinate the
provision of any services within the project provided through any agency
of the Federal Government or any other public or private department,
agency, or organization to residents of the project who are frail
elderly or persons with disabilities to enable such residents to live
independently and prevent placement in nursing homes or institutions;
and (ii) expenses for the provision of services for such residents of
the project to enable such residents to live independently and prevent
placement in nursing homes or institutions, which may include meal
services, housekeeping and chore assistance, personal care, laundry
assistance, transportation services, and health-related services, except
that not more than 15 percent of the cost of the provision of such
services may be provided under this section.  For purposes of this
subparagraph, the term `frail elderly' shall have the meaning given the
term under section 202(d) of the Housing Act of 1959, except that such
term does not include any person receiving assistance provided under the
Congregate Housing Services Act of 1978, and the term `persons with
disabilities' shall have the meaning given the term under section 811 of
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act)"; and

 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting before the first comma the
following: "(except for payments under paragraph (1)(B))".